Posted on Mar 4, 2005

For the second consecutive year the men and women's
basketball teams are reaping the rewards of outstanding regular seasons and are
enjoying the sweet success of postseason tournament fever. 

The 17-11 Dutchmen, who won
their NCAA opener against highly touted Gwyneed-Mercy, 84-70, travel to meet
the University of Rochester Saturday night at 7 p.m. 

The 18-8 Dutchwomen, who won
their ECAC opener against Hartwick, 79-57, travel to play at St. John Fisher
(which is located in Rochester) against the University of Rochester Saturday at
2 p.m.

Both games can be heard live over the Internet at:  www.wysl1040.com

The women's game will be broadcast
immediately following the 12 p.m. showdown between top-seeded St. John Fisher
and No. 4 Oneonta.  The Dutchmen's game
will open the pregame show at 6:45.

THE DUTCHMEN go into their game against the Yellowjackets riding the
crest of a five-game win streak and have won seven of their last eight.  Union, which averaged 68.4 points during the
regular season while shooting 46.3% from the field and 39.0% from three-point
range, are averaging 83.0 points in their three playoff games (including the
two Liberty League tournament contests). 
The Garnet is shooting 48.6% overall (84 of 173) and 44.8% from behind
the arch (39 of 87) while maintaining a solid effort from the free throw line
(76.4%).  The smaller Dutchmen continue
to struggle on the boards, being outrebouned by an average of 37.3 to 27.0 in
the three games, but did manage to stay within three against the much taller
Griffins in the NCAA opener, 36-33 including a three-board offensive deficit of
16-13.

Junior guard John Cagianello
continues to pace the Dutchmen as he is averaging 24.7 points with classmate
forward Brian Scordato next at 20.7. 
Both have had big games thus far with Scordato scoring 34 in the 88-84
Liberty League championship game victory over Hamilton while Cagianello netted
26 against the Continentals and 29 versus the Griffins.  He and junior point guard Chris Murphy each
had 19 points in the 77-74 Liberty League semi-final contest against top-seeded
Hobart.  Murphy, meanwhile is scoring at
a 12.3 clip with an assist average of 3.3 while sophomore guard Joe Mackey is
averaging nine points a game.  Senior
forward Devon Bruce, who was kept out of the scoring column for the first time
in his outstanding four-year career against Hamilton, came back to score 15
against the Griffins and is averaging 9.3 points for the playoffs.

Overall, Cagianello leads the
Dutchmen with his 16.8 scoring average and is followed by Bruce's 13.6 and
Scordato's 11.3 averages.  Murphy is
averaging 7.5 points and 3.6 assists while Mackey is at 9.2 points.

The Dutchmen are in their third
NCAA tournament, first being selected in 1982-83 and again in 200-01.  Union placed third in the Eastern Regional
in their debut (losing their first game and winning the now defunct consolation
contest) and defeated LaSell, 75-73, before losing at Babson, 63-50.

Not only is this the seventh
consecutive winning season for the Dutchmen, it is their sixth appearance in
postseason play under eighth-year head coach Bob Montana.

Rochester is making its 10th NCAA Division III playoff
appearance and its fourth consecutive appearance. The Yellowjackets
participated in four NCAA College Division tournaments under the guidance of
Lyle Brown in the 1960s.

The Yellowjackets won the University Athletic Association
championship with a 12-2 record. Rochester defeated Carnegie Mellon in the
Palestra last Saturday, 62-57, to win the Association title and the automatic
bid.

Rochester's series history with Union dates back to the
early 1900s. The rivalry began in 1902-03. The teams have not played since the
1997-98 season when Union came to Rochester for an early-season tournament. The
Yellowjackets have 57 wins in the series; the Dutchmen have 34.

The rivalry also includes a five-overtime game on February
15, 1985 at the Palestra, which tied the NCAA Division III record for longest
game in history.

Sons of both head coaches attended the other institution.
Tyler Neer, son of Yellowjacket head coach Mike Neer, attended Union and played
for the men's basketball team, including the 1997-98 game against his father.
Rob Montana, son of Union head coach Bob Montana, attended Rochester as a
freshman before transferring home to Union.

Senior forward (6'6) Seth Hauben is averaging 19.5 points
and 12.4 rebounds, Jon Onyiriuka, a 6'7 freshman forward, is scoring at a 10.0
clip with 7.1 rebounds and 6'2 senior guard Brendan McAllister is averaging
10.0 points and has a team-high three-point field goals.  Freshman guard Jeff Juron (Burnt Hills)
starts for the Yellowjackets and is averaging 8.4 points with 67 assists.

THE DUTCHWOMEN are appearing in their third consecutive
postseason appearance and fourth in five years under head coach Mary Ellen
Burt.  This is the second meeting of the
season between the Dutchwomen and Yellowjackets with Union winning on the road,
57-55, in overtime.  This is a
homecoming of sorts for Burt as she played her high school ball in Rochester
and was the Jackets assistant coach before taking the helm at Union.

Union features a trio of double-digit scorers with senior
forward Katlyn Cunningham averaging 12.1 points, classmate guard Melissa Marra
scoring at a 10.2 clip and junior guard Erika Eisenhut contributing 10.1 points
a game.  Cunningham leads the rebounding
with her 7.0 average while Eisenhut is the Dutchwomen's leader in both assists
(80) and steals (66).

Marra, who goes into the weekend with 972 points, still has
a shot at becoming the eighth member of the Dutchwomen's 1,000-Point Club.

The 16-10 Yellowjackets, seeded third in the ECAC, defeated
Utica, 67-44,

Rochester women senior forward Kelly Wescott is scoring 11.8
points and 6.2 rebounds, while junior guard Jessie Graham averages 10.8 points
with 5.5 rebounds and has made at least one three-point field goal in all 26
games for the Jackets and set the team single-season record of 71.  Capital District products senior center
Meghan Fish (8.9 points) and sophomore guard Emily Bango (both of Bethlehem
Central) are among Rochester's starters. 
Bano has 129 assists and 89 steals and is looking to surpass the current
team record of 90.

Posted on Mar 4, 2005

Gwynedd, PA-John Cagianello's three-point basket with 12:43
left to play broke a 51-51 tie and started Union on a 24-12 run that produced
an 84-70 victory over homestanding Gwynedd-Mercy in an opening round game of
the NCAA Division III basketball tournament. 
The Dutchmen, who have now won five in a row to improve to 17-11, will
play at the University of Rochester on Saturday at 7 p.m.

You can hear the game live at:  www.wysl1040.com

Starting at 6:45 p.m.

Cagianello, who connected on nine of his 18 field goal
attempts, including five of 10 from three-point range, netted a game-high 29
points.  More importantly, the smaller
Garnet stayed with the taller Griffins in the rebounding department as they
came within three, 36-33, including a more than respectable 16-13 on the
offensive boards.

“They are a very athletic and talented team,” said
ninth-year head coach Bob Montana of Gwynedd-Mercy, which ends at 21-5.  “You have to give all the credit to our
kids, they stayed with the game plan. 
I'm sure some people looked might have looked past us after looking at
our record, but we came in here expecting to win.”

Union did an outstanding job on Griffin 6'8 senior center
Badou Gaye, who came into the game with a scoring average of 19.8 and a
rebounding average of 12.3.  Gaye, who
scored over 2,000 career points with over 1,000 career rebounds, was held to 13
points and 10 rebounds.

“I thought we did a good job defensively,” understated
Montana.  “We were able to keep their
transition game under control and we were fortunate to hit our open shots.”

The Dutchmen, who led by five at the half, saw Chris
DelBrocco connect on back-to-back three-point field goals (the Girffins' first
of the game), to tie the contest at 47 with 15:43 remaining.  Gaye's third slam dunk of the contest
produced Gwynedd-Mercy's first lead, 49-47, since the 15:29 mark of the first
half before senior forward Devon Bruce tied the game on a pair of free
throws.  Bruce gave the Dutchmen a
two-point advantage before Gaye's two charity shots tied the game at 51 with
13:15 left to play as Bruce picked up his fourth personal.

Union, which played a deliberate three-to-four pass offense
throughout the game, took the lead for good at Cagianello buried a three at
12:43 to make it 54-51.  Junior point
guard Chris Murphy converted a three-pointer after the Dutchmen came up with three
offensive rebounds.  After DelBrocco
connected on a pair of bonus free throws with 10:28 left, freshman forward Kyle
Grimm, who had replaced Bruce, scored the Dutchmen's next six points, the final
two from the charity line after coming up with an offensive rebound, to help
Union to a 63-55 lead with 7:44 on the clock.

DelBrocco, who led the Griffins with 20 points, buried a
three with 7:20 left to  the bring the
Griffins back to within 63-58, before sophomore guard Joe Murphy sank three
free throws after being fouled from three-point range.  That gave the Dutchmen a 66-55 advantage
with 7:20 left, their biggest lead to that point in the game, before Bruce, who
was playing with four fouls, scored the Dutchmen's next five points, the final
two coming on a slam with 5:02 left that gave the Garnet a 71-63 advantage and
put an exclamation point on the contest. 
The Guilderland High School graduate finished with 15 points, nine
boards, four assists and did not commit a turnover.

“Devon was concerned about defending Gaye and felt he had to
put the body to him,” explained Montana. 
“He picked up a couple of fouls, but he is a senior captain who has
played some in some big games throughout his career and he knows how to play
while being in foul trouble.  What he
accomplished tonight is a credit to his desire and work ethic.”

Cagianello's layup off Murphy's feed continued Union's
game-deciding run, giving the Dutchmen a 73-63 lead with 4:22 left before
Bruce's driving layup with 3:47 remaining made it 75-63.

The Griffins tried to get back into the game by sending the
Dutchmen to the line, but Union, which hit all but two of its 20 free throw
attempts (as compared to Gwynedd-Mercy's nine-of-19 effort from the stripe),
knocked down five of its six one-and-one attempts in the final 2:39.

The Dutchmen, who shot 50% from the field, including 50%
from three-point range in last weekend's Liberty League tournament, trailed 6-0
after missing their first four shots. 
After a timeout by Montana, Cagianello lit up the gym as he scored 16 of
Union's first 20 points.  After being
fouled on a three-point attempt with 13:16 left in the opening half, Cagianello
calmly sank all three of his charity shots to give Union its first lead, 15-12.  The Dutchmen led by five throughout most of
the remaining 20 minutes with their biggest margin being six points, 33-27 on a
Cagianello tres with 4:18 remaining and 40-34 as Brian Scordato buried a three
with 1:18 showing.

“I just told the guys to relax , stay the course and make
sure we played our offense,” explained Montana.  “In a game of this magnitude you tend to make decisions based on
emotion and energy instead of decisions based on your head.  We went back staying within what we were
capable of doing and went back to making decisions with our heads.”

The Griffins, who outscored the Dutchmen 26-6 in the paint
during the opening 20 minutes, held a slim 19-14 rebounding advantage including
a 7-5 edge on the offensive boards.

Cagianello finished the opening half with 18 points while
Scordato had eight for the Dutchmen, who connected on 14 of their 32 overall
field goal attempts (43.8%) including a seven of 18 effort from three-point
range (38.9%).  Gwynedd-Mercy, which
shot 51.6% from the field (16 of 31) was oh-for-five from behind the arch.  Senior 6'8, 240-pound center Rashid
Santiago, who came into the game averaging 19 points and a dozen rebounds,
finished the half with nine points and just two offensive boards, both of which
resulted in dunks.

Scordato, who scored 34 points against Hamilton in the
Liberty League championship, including an ESPN SportsCenter highlighted 62-foot
field goal, had another outstanding all-around game as he finished with a dozen
points, eight boards, four assists and two steals.  Murphy contributed nine points, four assists and two thefts while
Grimm and Mackey added nine and eight points, respectively.

Posted on Mar 4, 2005

We mourn the loss of Tony
LaVecchia '98, former editor-in-chief of Concordiensis,
who was killed Sunday in a highway accident in Texas.

LaVecchia, who also served as
opinions editor for the paper, was an advocate for hazing prevention who urged
his fellow students to get connected to the then-new World Wide Web. With
co-editor Adrian MacLean, he led the paper's coverage of the media frenzy over
news that the so-called Unabomber was related to a faculty member. He also declined
a number of offers from the media – many on ethical grounds – to assist them in
coverage of the story.

The political science major
graduated magna cum laude after a
senior thesis on “American Power in the Cold War.” A dean's list student, he
was inducted into Pi Sigma Alpha, the political science honor society. He did a
term abroad in Florence, Italy.

The College has established a
scholarship in his memory to advance excellence in student journalism.
Contributions may be made to the Tony LaVecchia Memorial Fund, c/o Tom
Gutenberger, Abbe Hall.

Posted on Mar 4, 2005

Through March 7
Burns
Arts Atrium Gallery
Photographs by Iraqi Civilians, 2004
Sponsored by Department of Visual Arts. For more information, call ext. 6714.

Through March 18
Social Sciences Gallery
Photographs from anthropology term in Tasmania

Through April 3
Wikoff Student Gallery, third floor, Nott Memorial
“Seeing in a New Light — A Spectrum of Artistic Nudes,” photographs
by Jessica Gildersleeve '07

Extended through May 1
Mandeville Gallery, Nott Memorial
“Walter Hatke: Recent Work”

Posted on Mar 4, 2005

Thursday, March 3, 4:30 p.m.
Phi Beta Kappa Room, Schaffer Library
Philosophy department series presents Dean Zimmerman of Rutgers University
on “The Ontology of Human Persons.”

Thursday, March 3, 7:30 p.m.
Nott Memorial
Perspectives at the Nott presents
investigative reporter Eric Schlosser on “Fast Food Nation.”

Friday, March 4, 7 p.m.

Messa Rink at Achilles Center
Men's hockey hosts first round of ECACHL playoffs vs. Clarkson.

Friday, March 4 through Monday, March 7, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Reamer Campus Center
Auditorium
Movie: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Friday and Saturday, March 4 and 5, 8 p.m.
Yulman Theater
Winter Dance Concert

Saturday, March 5
College Park Hall and Schenectady Museum

“High Voltage Fields” considers questions about technology serving humanity.
Keynoter is design engineer and technoartist Natalie Jeremijenko. For more, see
story this issue.

Saturday, March 5, 5 to 8:30 p.m.
Memorial Chapel
Union College Heavenly Voices, the College gospel ensemble, presents a concert,
“Unified Voices & Perfect Harmony.” The concert, free and open to the
public, will feature special guests the Dutch Pipers and Garnet Minstrelles,
the College's a capella singing groups. A reception will follow. For more
information, contact Mary Olushoga at olushogm@union.edu.

Saturday, March 5, 7 p.m.
Messa Rink at Achilles Center
Men's hockey hosts first round of ECACHL playoffs vs. Clarkson.

Sunday, March 6, 3 p.m.

Memorial Chapel
Union College
Orchestra: Winter Fire Concert

Sunday, March 6, 7 p.m.

Messa Rink at Achilles Center
Men's hockey hosts first round of ECACHL playoffs vs. Clarkson (if necessary).

Monday, March 7, 12:15 to 1:45 p.m.
Everest Lounge
Committee on Teaching presents Tracy Knofla, expert on the Millenial
Generation, in a special session for faculty.

Monday, March 7, at 4:30 p.m.
Hale House
Lori Marso, associate professor of political science and director of women's
and gender studies, delivers faculty colloquium on “Feminist Thinkers and the
Demands of Femininity.”

Monday, March 7, 5 p.m.

Memorial Chapel
Student Music Recital

Wednesday, March 9, 8 p.m.
Reamer Campus Center

Union College
Jazz Ensemble Concert

Wednesday and Thursday, March 9 & 10, 7 p.m.
Yulman Theater
Auditions for:  The Threepenny Opera

Friday, March 11 through Monday, March 14, 8 p.m. and 10
p.m.
Reamer Campus Center Auditorium
Movie: Ocean's 12

Friday and Saturday, March 11 & 12, 8 p.m. and Sunday,
March 13 at 2 p.m.
Yulman Theater
Senior thesis play by Phil Chorba: “Medea Yates.”

Saturday, March 12, 8 p.m.
Memorial Chapel
Union College Concert Series presents Concertante Chamber Players